Wolfgang Palme

If you want to harvest vegetables from your garden in Winter, and your climate is similar to Vienna's (and you read German), this is the book for you. This is about gardening without extra heating. He does suggest various ways of protecting plants from winter weather - wind and rain more than cold.

Besides general material on gardening in Winter at the front and back of the book, there are individual articles on a multitude of vegetables both well known and more exotic that can be harvested show more at some part of the period between late November and early April. These articles include a short description of the plant and its uses, how much winter it can take, how to grow it, how to harvest it, with advice both for house gardens and professional gardeners. I found much of the advice to assume that I have more space than I actually have. However, he does include a chapter on growing in pots and containers for balconies and window sills.

If I'd read this a month ago, I'd probably be trying to do more, but lettuce, chard, spinach, sorrel and Vogerlsalat are old stand bies of mine for the winter, and I have wild garlic under the apple tree. I will be trying to grow erba stella this year as well. And maybe start more things earlier next year. show less

I borrowed this from the library to compare it with the same author's [Frisches Gemüse im Winter ernten]. Both are excellent. This is more aimed at the person with a small garden or even just a balcony. It lists fewer plants, and doesn't go in depth into the various details that a profi gardener/farmer might need. I think I am happy that i own the more detailed work, but this is a lot easier to read.